diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 789a53ed7..e9eeac054 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -383,12 +383,13 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
-version = "1.1.6"
+version = "1.1.13"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2aba8f4e9906c7ce3c73463f62a7f0c65183ada1a2d47e397cc8810827f9694f"
+checksum = "72db2f7947ecee9b03b510377e8bb9077afa27176fdbff55c51027e976fdcc48"
 dependencies = [
  "jobserver",
  "libc",
+ "shlex",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2259,9 +2260,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "nc"
-version = "0.8.23"
+version = "0.9.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "44b24115ea9683b6fd45d99c7e83002a739601faea67908edb02737497fabdd3"
+checksum = "34c069e5680f6e9c5cfbd428822fda91adf12fd6cf8dd84de00709efa50a84db"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
 ]
diff --git a/crates/libcontainer/Cargo.toml b/crates/libcontainer/Cargo.toml
index 460e25ed7..fb01d0cdd 100644
--- a/crates/libcontainer/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/libcontainer/Cargo.toml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ regex = { version = "1.10.6", default-features = false, features = ["std", "unic
 thiserror = "1.0.63"
 tracing = { version = "0.1.40", features = ["attributes"] }
 safe-path = "0.1.0"
-nc = "0.8.23"
+nc = "0.9.2"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 oci-spec = { version = "~0.6.8", features = ["proptests", "runtime"] }
diff --git a/tests/contest/runtimetest/Cargo.toml b/tests/contest/runtimetest/Cargo.toml
index 5a38cb61c..e746c9481 100644
--- a/tests/contest/runtimetest/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tests/contest/runtimetest/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ oci-spec = { version = "0.6.8", features = ["runtime"] }
 nix = "0.28.0"
 anyhow = "1.0"
 libc = "0.2.157" # TODO (YJDoc2) upgrade to latest
-nc = "0.8.23"
+nc = "0.9.2"